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Faked footage and TV news
December 7th is not too far away, someone somewhere is going to do a story on a WWII vet and its time for my sometimes annual cautionary reminder about the use of faked footage in TV news of an event that took place many decades ago. The footage of the Read More →
Post “retirement” life…
Retirement means different things to different people. For some it is the sheer joy of not working…kicking back and relaxing. For others it is travel, while for some it is hellish boredom. For me it is doing exactly what I want to do. And that, of course, is shooting and editing. In moderation with a Read More →
Why you should consider Avid Media Composer 7
I’d like to start off this review by saying that I haven’t used Avid as much lately as I have in the past. This is not by choice, but by demand from many of my clients. I live and work out of Orlando, Florida – not exactly the hotbed of TV and Film production. However, I do own a copy of Media Composer 6 and I was given a review copy of Media Composer 7 for the purpose of this article. I’m not here to promote anything. In fact, I’m not currently happy with any edit system that’s out there. […]
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At the End of the Day.
It was last week and I was working on a story over at LAX. We had finished our last live shot, I was dropping the mast and putting away gear.We got a call.A high speed chase. Go catch it.We sort of caught up to it after the suspect cr…
Read More →At the End of the Day.
It was last week and I was working on a story over at LAX. We had finished our last live shot, I was dropping the mast and putting away gear.We got a call.A high speed chase. Go catch it.We sort of caught up to it after the suspect cr…
Read More →Infographic and timeline tools made easy
It’s one thing to know your story could use an infographic or a timeline, and it’s quite another thing to build one yourself! So, here’s a look at two, free online sites that make building either a breeze. The good folks at Northwestern University’s Knight Lab have created an open-source tool called TimelineJS that allows …
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